AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Ring-billed gull reports at KMDW
The FAA database contains 113 filed reports pairing Chicago Midway Intl Arpt (KMDW) with Ring-billed gull; damage was indicated in 0.9% and engine ingestion in 0.9%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports1131990–export
Damage indicated10.9% of reports
Engine ingestion10.9% of reports
Latest report2026-06-14in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Ring-billed gull reports at KMDW: 113 paired reports in the FAA file
Ring-billed gull reports at KMDW contains 113 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Ring-billed gull parent contains 2,496 reports.
WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE
FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.